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Programme

We are pleased to announce the programme for the International Conference on Population Geographies 2015.

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KEYNOTE ADDRESS & FORMAL OPENING
Wednesday 1 July 0845 - 0930


Mr David Kalisch
Australian Statistician


David W. Kalisch was appointed the 15th Australian Statistician on 11 December 2014. As Agency Head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics he is accountable for the functions and operations of the Bureau. He has also been appointed as the non-judicial member of the Australian Electoral Commission. Mr Kalisch is an economist with public sector experience in research and analysis, policy development and service delivery. He has an interest in labourmarkets, macroeconomics, retirement incomes, welfare to work strategies and health policy. He has pursued organisational performance and renewal through recent leadership responsibilities. Mr Kalisch was previously the Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare for four years, a Commissioner at the Productivity Commission and a Deputy Secretary in the Commonwealth Department of Health . He has had Senior Executive roles in a range of Departments since 1991, has had two appointments at the Organisation for Economic Co -operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, and was a member of the Australian Delegation to the OECD. He studied economics at the University of Adelaide, is a Public Policy Fellow at the Australian National University and is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

PLENARY 1:  MIGRATION IN THE MODERN WORLD

Wednesday 1 July 0930 - 1100


Dr Nikola Sander
Austrian Academy of Sciences

Nikola Sander is a population geographer/spatial demographer with research interests in internal and international migration, urbanisation, population projections and data visualisation. She joined the Vienna Institute of Demography as a research scholar in 2010 after receiving her doctorate from the University of Queensland in Australia. Her research has been published in leading international journals, including Science, and has been written about in New Scientist, Scientific American, Washington Post, The Atlantic, and many more. Dr Sander has also been active in creating data visualisations such as “The Global Flow of People” for effectively communicating science to peers, policy makers and the general public. Her circular visualisation of migration flows has been selected for the forthcoming 2015 edition of Best American Infographics.

Professor Phillip Rees
University of Leeds

Phil Rees is Professor Emeritus of Population Geography at the University of Leeds, UK. He remains research archive. Since reaching pensionable age he has been part of a European network (DEMIFER) implementing policy scenario projections for EU regions. He has led projects (one current) to forecast the local authority populations of England by ethnicity, measuring the speed and diffusion of the third demographic (ethnic) transition, driven by a continuing stream of immigrants.  He has also researched the consequences of population ageing, in particular for health. In 2014 he read more than 300 research papers, serving on the Geography Sub-Panel of the Research Excellence Framework that assessed the quality of UK university research. He edits the International Population Studies series for Ashgate Publishing and would be pleased to talk to ICPG delegates about their book ideas.

Professor Ellen Percy Kraly
Colgate University

Ellen Percy Kraly, is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Geography at Colgate University, New York, and is director of the Environmental Studies Program. She served as Editor of the International Migration Review, 2011-2014, and director of Colgate’s Upstate Institute, 2006-2011. She was a member of the National Academy of Sciences Panel on Immigration Statistics and has prepared reports on topics including international migration data and immigration policies for the United Nations Statistical Commission, National Academy of Sciences, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform.  Her current research program has three themes:  (1) refugee policy and forced migration; (2) ethical and human rights dimensions of the use of population data systems in policy and administration, with particular reference to Aboriginal affairs in Australia; and (3) population vulnerabilities, community health, and HIV/AIDS in eastern Africa.  During the past ten years she has worked closely with Noongar people of Western Australia regarding the art of Carrolup Settlement. At Colgate, she teaches subjects in population geography, international migration and refugee studies, medical geography, environmental studies, and research methods. 

Professor Peter Macdonald
Australian National University

Peter McDonald is Professor of Demography in the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. He was President of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population for the years, 2010-2013. In 2015, he was awarded the Irene B. Taeuber Award of the Population Association of America. He is frequently consulted on the issue of population futures (causes, consequences and policies) by governments around the world, especially in Australia, Europe and East Asia. He is Deputy Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research. He was a member of the Australian Ministerial Advisory Council on Skilled Migration in 2012-13 and of the panel of the Australian Government’s 2014 Independent Review of Integrity in the Subclass 457 Programme. In 2008, he was appointed as a Member in the Order of Australia and, in 2012, as an inaugural ANU Public Policy Fellow.



PLENARY 2:  THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF DISEASE

Thursdsay 2 July 0900-1030


Professor Alan Lopez
University of Melbourne

Professor Alan Lopez is a Melbourne Laureate Professor and the Rowden-White Chair of Global Health and Burden of Disease Measurement at The University of Melbourne. He is also Director of the Global Burden of Disease Group in the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. He held prior appointments at the University of Queensland and at the World Health Organization. He is the co-author with Christopher Murray of the seminal Global Burden of Disease Study (1996) which has greatly influenced debates about priority setting and resource allocation in health.

PLENARY 3:  ADVANCES IN APPLIED DEMOGRAPHY

Friday 3 July 0900-1030


Professor David Swanson
University of California

Professor David Swanson is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Riverside. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology/Population Studies from the University of Hawai’i and has served as a member of the U. S. Census Bureau’s Scientific Advisory Committee and as editor of Population Research and Policy Review. He has published widely in the field of applied demography, particularly on methods of small area estimation and forecasting including the State and Local Population Projections: Methodology and Analysis (2001) and its revision, A Practitioner’s Guide to State and Local Population Projections (2013), and served as co-editor of The Methods and Materials of Demography, 2nd Edition (2004).


Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Track 1
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Registration Desk Opening Hours - Tuesday
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception
Track 1
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Registration Desk Opening Hours - Tuesday
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception

Track 1
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Registration Desk Opening Hours - Tuesday
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Welcome Reception


Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Track 5
Track 6
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Opening Hours - Wednesday
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Conference Opening
Welcome to Country / Welcome from UQ / Keynote Address & Formal Opening
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Opening Plenary (Session 1)
Migration in the Modern World
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
Session 2 - Concurrent
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
2A : Indigenous demography 1: Measurement and identity 2B : Official statistics 1: Spatial statistics 2C : Family and the Life course 1 : Partnering 2D : Population ageing 1 : Intergenerational linkages 2E : Immigration and settlement 1 : Case Studies of International Migration Flows 2F : Internal Migration 1 : Spatial interaction
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
Session 3 - Concurrent
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3A : Indigenous demography 2 : Spatial patterns and mobility 3B : Official statistics 2 : Measuring demographic behaviour 3C : Family and the Life course 2 : The domestic dimension 3D : Population ageing 2 : Spatial patterns 3E : Immigration and Settlement 2 : What Happens to Immigrants at their Destinations 3F : Internal Migration 2 : Impacts on development
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
Session 4 - Concurrent
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
4A : Ethnicity & segregation 1 : Spatial dimensions 4B : Population projections 1 : Methods and assumptions 4C : Family and the Life course 3 : Marriage patterns 4D : The Image Project
This session will provide an update and overview of progress on the IMAGE Project (Internal Migration Around the GlobE), including a summary of the Inventory, the Repository, and a demonstration of the IMAGE Studio.
4E : Immigration and Settlement 3 : New Immigrant Streams and Behaviours 4F : Internal Migration 3 : Student migration and transitions to work
5:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Conference Close (Day 1)



Track 1
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Opening Hours - Wednesday
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Conference Opening
Welcome to Country / Welcome from UQ / Keynote Address & Formal Opening
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Opening Plenary (Session 1)
Migration in the Modern World
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
Session 2 - Concurrent
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
2A : Indigenous demography 1: Measurement and identity
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
Session 3 - Concurrent
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3A : Indigenous demography 2 : Spatial patterns and mobility
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
Session 4 - Concurrent
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
4A : Ethnicity & segregation 1 : Spatial dimensions
5:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Conference Close (Day 1)

Track 2
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Opening Hours - Wednesday
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Conference Opening
Welcome to Country / Welcome from UQ / Keynote Address & Formal Opening
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Opening Plenary (Session 1)
Migration in the Modern World
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
Session 2 - Concurrent
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
2B : Official statistics 1: Spatial statistics
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
Session 3 - Concurrent
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3B : Official statistics 2 : Measuring demographic behaviour
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
Session 4 - Concurrent
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
4B : Population projections 1 : Methods and assumptions
5:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Conference Close (Day 1)

Track 3
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Opening Hours - Wednesday
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Conference Opening
Welcome to Country / Welcome from UQ / Keynote Address & Formal Opening
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Opening Plenary (Session 1)
Migration in the Modern World
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
Session 2 - Concurrent
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
2C : Family and the Life course 1 : Partnering
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
Session 3 - Concurrent
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3C : Family and the Life course 2 : The domestic dimension
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
Session 4 - Concurrent
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
4C : Family and the Life course 3 : Marriage patterns
5:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Conference Close (Day 1)


Track 5
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Opening Hours - Wednesday
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Conference Opening
Welcome to Country / Welcome from UQ / Keynote Address & Formal Opening
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Opening Plenary (Session 1)
Migration in the Modern World
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
Session 2 - Concurrent
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
2E : Immigration and settlement 1 : Case Studies of International Migration Flows
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
Session 3 - Concurrent
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3E : Immigration and Settlement 2 : What Happens to Immigrants at their Destinations
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
Session 4 - Concurrent
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
4E : Immigration and Settlement 3 : New Immigrant Streams and Behaviours
5:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Conference Close (Day 1)

Track 6
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Opening Hours - Wednesday
8:45 AM - 9:30 AM Conference Opening
Welcome to Country / Welcome from UQ / Keynote Address & Formal Opening
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Opening Plenary (Session 1)
Migration in the Modern World
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Morning Tea - Wednesday
Session 2 - Concurrent
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
2F : Internal Migration 1 : Spatial interaction
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Lunch - Wednesday
Session 3 - Concurrent
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3F : Internal Migration 2 : Impacts on development
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Tea - Wednesday
Session 4 - Concurrent
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
4F : Internal Migration 3 : Student migration and transitions to work
5:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Conference Close (Day 1)


Thursday, July 2, 2015




Track 1
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Opening Hours - Thursday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Plenary (Session 5)
The Global Burden of Disease
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
Session 6 - Concurrent
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
6A : Ethnicity & segregation 2 : Inequality and deprivation
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
Poster Session
6th Floor, Terrace Room
Session 7 - Concurrent
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
7A : Ethnicity & segregation 3 : Mobility and segregation
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
Session 8 - Concurrent
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
8A : Data visualisation 1 : Representing population data

Track 2
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Opening Hours - Thursday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Plenary (Session 5)
The Global Burden of Disease
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
Session 6 - Concurrent
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
6B : Population projections 2 : Households and housing
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
Poster Session
6th Floor, Terrace Room
Session 7 - Concurrent
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
7B : Population projections 3 : Forecast applications
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
Session 8 - Concurrent
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
8B : Population and environment 1 : Global impacts

Track 3
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Opening Hours - Thursday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Plenary (Session 5)
The Global Burden of Disease
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
Session 6 - Concurrent
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
6C : Family and the Life course 4 : Family networks and family change
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
Poster Session
6th Floor, Terrace Room
Session 7 - Concurrent
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
7C : Family and the Life course 5 : The pursuit of happiness
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
Session 8 - Concurrent
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
8C : Fertility 1 : The fertility transition

Track 4
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Opening Hours - Thursday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Plenary (Session 5)
The Global Burden of Disease
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
Session 6 - Concurrent
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
6D : Health and Mortality 1 : Spatio-temporal patterns
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
Poster Session
6th Floor, Terrace Room
Session 7 - Concurrent
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
7D : Health and Mortality 2 : Morbidity and disability
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
Session 8 - Concurrent
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
8D : Health and Mortality 3 : Health care and policy

Track 5
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Opening Hours - Thursday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Plenary (Session 5)
The Global Burden of Disease
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
Session 6 - Concurrent
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
6E : Immigration and settlement 4 : Small Immigrant Groups in Big Countries
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
Poster Session
6th Floor, Terrace Room
Session 7 - Concurrent
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
7E : Temporary migration
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
Session 8 - Concurrent
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
8E : Spatial patterns 1 : Depopulation

Track 6
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Registration Desk Opening Hours - Thursday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Plenary (Session 5)
The Global Burden of Disease
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Thursday
Session 6 - Concurrent
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
6F : Internal Migration 4 : Comparisons over time and across space
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Thursday
Poster Session
6th Floor, Terrace Room
Session 7 - Concurrent
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
7F : Internal Migration 5 : Age and sex patterns
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Tea - Thursday
Session 8 - Concurrent
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
8F : Internal Migration 6 : Population impacts


Friday, July 3, 2015




Track 1
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Registration Desk Opening Hours - Friday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Plenary (Session 9)
Advances in Applied Demography
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Friday
Session 10 - Concurrent
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
10A : Data visualisation 2 : Applications
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Friday
Session 11 - Concurrent
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
11A : Graduate migration
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Conference Close
Poster Award / Announcement of Venue for ICPG 2017
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Tea - Friday





Track 6
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Registration Desk Opening Hours - Friday
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Plenary (Session 9)
Advances in Applied Demography
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Tea - Friday
Session 10 - Concurrent
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
10F : Internal Migration 7 : Determinants
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch - Friday
Session 11 - Concurrent
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
11F : Internal Migration 8 : Return migration
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Conference Close
Poster Award / Announcement of Venue for ICPG 2017
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Afternoon Tea - Friday


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